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CatTools 3.7.0 Released

Adds

Updated help documentation for System.File.Delete activity with new 'Troubleshooting' section
Updated help documentation for API with more CatTools client variables.
Updated Cisco.ACE device type with Report.ARP.table support

Changes

Freeware version device, client thread, and TFTP session limitations changed
Modified Brocade.Switch device script to disable paging (skip-page-display) to prevent backspace characters in captured data when CatTools tries to strip paging prompts
Modified Cisco.Firewall.ASA device script Device.Backup.Running Config activity to prevent removal of ‘FWSM Version’ line in later ASA O/S versions
Modified Cisco.MDS.Fibre device script Report.MAC address table activity to try new IOS version 'show mac address-table' command if 'show mac-address-table' command fails
Modified Cisco.Router.General device script Report.MAC address table activity to try new IOS version 'show mac address-table' command if 'show mac-address-table' command fails
Modified Cisco.Router.NoEnable device script Report.MAC address table activity to try new IOS version 'show mac address-table' command if 'show mac-address-table' command fails
Modified Cisco.Switch.IOS device script Report.MAC address table activity to try new IOS version 'show mac address-table' command if 'show mac-address-table' command fails
Modified Cisco.Switch.IOS device script Report.Port info table activity to handle hostname prompt appearing in 'show interface' command output when switches is in a VSS configuration.
Modified Cisco.Wireless.Lan device script Device.Backup.TFTP activity to increase timeout for the TFTP transfer command
Modified Enterasys device scripts login routine to only retry once if initial login fails as 3 failed login attempts can lockout the device
Modified Extreme.Switch.General device script login routine to handle random echoing of 'login:' prompt in device response causing CatTools to report a login failure
Modified F5.BigIP & F5.BigIP.GTM device scripts Report.Version table activity to include missing data including Uptime information
Modified Fortinet.FortiOS.General device script to ensure device has exited 'global' mode before sending the command to capture the device config
Modified Fortinet.FortiOS.General device script try 'ssh user@x.x.x.x' syntax if 'ssh -l admin x.x.x.x' syntax fails (fixes issue when doing connect via another Fortinet device)
Modified HP.Switch device script to handle the 'Do you want to log out [y/n]?' prompt before disconnecting the session (prevents errors being logged on some devices)
Modified IronPort.Security.General device script Device.Backup.Running config activity to handle change to the password masking prompt in response to the 'showconfig' command for O/S revision v7.5
Modified Linux.RedHat.Bash device script Connect Via code to check for 'password:' instead of 'password: ' which resolve issue connecting to Brocade device via Linux
Modified Netopia.DSL device script to improve hostname determination

Fixes

Fixed issue where config changes were not always being detected on Windows Server 2008R2 and Windows 7
Fixed bug where using %DateWDN% variable would use previous days weekday value
Fixed bug in variations feature where 'space' text in pre-login keystroke/post-login keystroke fields would not get converted
Fixed bug in variations feature 'Additional Command' tab where enabled variations with blank text fields (to override script defaults) were not being remembered
Fixed bug in activity import feature where activity name with a single quotation mark in its name causes error number: 3001
Fixed bug in Activity setup screen where double-clicking on a group header within device list box caused an application crash
Fixed bug where TFTP 'Bind to' field value in CatTools settings was not being used for TFTP transfers
Fixed bug in Device.Backup.TFTP activity where activity would reports "Backup via TFTP results: Failed" although TFTP file is successfully transferred
Fixed bug in Bluecoat.Cacheflow device script where --More-- prompt was not being stripped
Fixed bug in Cisco.NXOS (Nexus) device script where Username (login:) and Password (password:) prompts were not being excluded from prompt checks during login routine for an SSH connection
Fixed bug in Cisco.NXOS (Nexus) device script for Report.ARP table activity where MAC addresses were missing
Fixed bug in Cisco.NXOS (Nexus) device script for Report.MAC address table activity where data was not parsing correctly on some Nexus devices
Fixed bug in Cisco.NXOS (Nexus) device script for Report.Port info table activity where data was not parsing correctly on some Nexus devices
Fixed bug in Cisco.Router.General device script for Report.ARP table activity where a client script error "Type mismatch: 'UBound' on line: ..." occurred
Fixed bug in Cisco.Switch.IOS device script where a client script error "Invalid procedure call or argument 'Mid' on line ..." occurs on IOS-XE

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Kiwi Syslog Server 9.3.0 Released

Adds

Filters can be marked as Public/Shared
Added Serial Number (sn=) to WELF auto-split variables
Added support for Product Update checking with proxy server
Added a new %RuleName variable
Added IP/hostname logging for DNS resolution failure
Added Script name and Rule name that generated error to error log

Changes

New version of Web Access (1.4.0)

Fixes

French characters not displaying correctly in Kiwi Syslog Manager displays
Fixed Date Filter bug (incorrect date format) in Web Access
Column removal regression issue fixed
Fixed issue with Input Source filter not working correctly
Resolved issue with Kiwi Syslog Server not running under LocalSystem account on native French Windows 7
Fixed incorrect escaping of underscore character for MySQL DB format options
Fixed issue with ExtJS on Admin page of Web Access
Fixed DoS issue with Web Access Login Gateway
Fixed issue caused by "Retain displayed messages between restarts" when moving from Eval to Free (or vice versa)
Fixed formatting problem in Daily Statistics e-mail
Fixed issue with External IP addresses being resolved with external DNS server when they shouldn't be

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Now Available—SolarWinds Switch Port Mapper

One of the most popular tools in SolarWinds Engineer’s Toolkit is now available as a standalone tool. With SolarWinds’ Switch Port Mapper you can remotely discover the devices connected to each port on a switch or hub along with detailed device information such as MAC address, IP address, Hostname and much more

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SolarWinds CatTools for Windows 3.6.0 Released

ADDITIONS

New device types added:

AlliedTelesis.AlliedWare.Plus

APC.AOS.CLI (supports CLI interface e.g. AP9630 UPS - Network Management Card 2)

Enterasys.Wireless.Controller

Lantronix.EDS

NEC.Univerge.IX

Device Variations

Device Variations User Interface to simplify the setting up of device variation.

Device Variations extended to allow a variation file to be applied to multiple devices, based on device group and device type.

Device variations enabled for CatTools device types:
- Cisco.ACE
- Cisco.CallManager
- Cisco.Firewall.ASA
- Cisco.NXOS (Nexus)
- Alcatel.Switch.OmniStack
- AlliedTelesis.AlliedWare.Plus
- APC.AOS
- APC.AOS.CLI
- Bluecoat.Cacheflow
- Brocade.Switch
- DLink.Switch.General
- Enterasys.Wireless.Controller
- F5.BigIP
- Juniper.Router
- Lantronix.EDS
- NEC.Univerge.IX
- Nortel.Switch.Ethernet

Other additions:

New 'SSH Client' field added to options/setup screen (Misc tab) to provide support for manual SSH sessions to devices in CatTools

New collate diagnostics files screens added (via File|Debug menu) to simplify gathering of logs/device capture files

Device.Backup.TFTP activity added to Cisco.Wireless.LAN device type

Device.Backup.TFTP activity added to HP.Switch device type

Report.CDP Neighbors table activity added to HP.Switch device type

CHANGES

DB.UpdateDevice.Text field activity updated to support changing of device Group, Device Type, Connect Via and Method fields

Device.Backup.TFTP activity updated to support use of %ctDateISO and %ctTimeHHMM meta variables

Cisco.NXOS (Nexus) device type modified to issue 'terminal length 0' command to disable paging by default (this can be overridden with using Device Variations). This change prevents the Nulls appearing in device output and also appears to prevent the line wrapping issue after 80 characters

Extended Report.Version table activity for Dell.Switch.CLI to support switch stacks

Modified Device.Backup.Running Config activity for F5.BigIP to support the sending of multiple commands (pipe delimited) via device variations

FIXES

Various minor fixes - see full version history at the What's New page for details

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Kiwi Syslog Server 9.2.0 Released

Additions:

Secure (TLS) TCP input added.

New "Administrator" only section in Web Access.

Multi-user Web Access added.

Pass-through authentication support added to Web Access.

Filter refinements in URL parameter support added to Web Access.

Size and age-based database maintenance policies added.

Website configuration options (session and execution timeout) added.

CSV Export functionality added to Web Access.

Fixes:

URL sense algorithm doesn't take URL parameters into account - fixed.

Security vulnerability in Cassini Web Server Explorer removed.

Web Access installation failure on WINNT platform fixed.

Highlighting feature does not match on strings which contain space - fixed.

Valid e-mail address rejected - fixed.

Can't create Tech-support (Error code 530) - fixed.

mswinsck.ocx problem with IP address truncation - fixed.

"Trial version of Active Skin" error dialog - fixed.

Changes:

Improved Database Maintenance.

Kiwi Syslog Server installer package now digitally signed.

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